Coronation of King Charles III: Prince Harry imposes his conditions!

The coronation of Charles III is fast approaching and with it, the preparations for the ceremony that promises to be historic. But while the presence of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is still uncertain, The Mirror reports the conditions put forward by the Duke of Sussex to his family if they want to see him fly to London on May 6, 2023.

Non-negotiable demands. While preparations for the long-awaited coronation of Charles III continue at Buckingham Palace, the British press is constantly looking for the answer to one question: will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle be present on May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey? According to The Express, the Sussexes are on the guest list, but the youngest son of Lady Diana and his wife would have expressed some conditions to the Crown so that their arrival is assured. The Mirror revealed this Tuesday, February 14, that the father of Archie and Lilibet Diana wanted to talk with his father and his brother, Prince William, before making his decision.

“Harry has been very clear and his position has not varied: he will not come if he thinks the atmosphere will be as toxic as at the Platinum Jubilee and the Queen’s funeral,” sources close to the couple told the newspaper. “He said he wanted to reconcile with his family and it’s up to them, but so far nothing has changed,” it was also indicated, referring to the daring calls of the one who, during the promotion of his memoirs last January, did not hesitate to repeat that they wanted to make peace with his family.

Harry and Meghan refuse to be treated as pestiferous

A royal source has since assured that the presence of Harry and Meghan at the coronation was “highly anticipated” by the Windsor clan, despite the revelations made by the tandem in his Netflix documentary series in December 2022, and the autobiography of the prince released last January 10. But if the grandson of Elizabeth II is so keen to have a discussion with his father and brother, it is mainly because since the Megxit, three years ago, tensions have continued to increase between the two camps. So much so that during the weekend of celebration of 70 years of reign of the late monarch in June 2022, the Sussexes were treated as pestiferous, showing up only furtively at the mass in honor of the sovereign, and being chased from the traditional appearance on the balcony of the Palace.

The atmosphere was not much warmer at the time of Elizabeth II’s mourning last September. Harry was the last to be informed of his grandmother’s death, and he went from one disappointment to another when it came to organizing his grandmother’s state funeral. Forbidden to wear his military uniform, just like his uncle Andrew accused of pedocriminality, Meghan Markle‘s husband seems to have kept a painful memory of this episode, yet important for the future of his family.

If the son of the king, fifth in the order of succession to the throne, decides to go to the coronation of Charles III on May 6 – also the day of the 4 years of his son Archie – he will not play any particular role in the ceremony. Unlike his brother, heir to the throne, his sister-in-law Kate Middleton and his nephew and niece, and Charlotte.

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